The most heart-wrenching song ever?

[andy-hughes]

I know this can vary from day to day, but most people have one song that make them cry if they are in the right (wrong?) frame of mind.

For years, mine has been Long Distance Love by Little Feat, but it has just been eclipsed by Jeff Buckley's Forget Her.

The sheer angst and agony he conveys, made all the more poignant by the personal demons that affected his work, and eventually took his life, is heart-breaking.

Your thoughts - or your own favourite?

[Philtaz]

For Your Babies by Simply Red

Tell Me There's A Heaven by Chris Rea

Could It Be Magic by Barry Manilow(can't believe I admitted to that!)

The Miracle Of Love by The Eurythmics

Who Wants To Live Forever by Queen

Fields Of Gold by Sting

Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Eva Cassidy

You Ought To Know By Now by Robert Palmer

and probably a few more that don't currently spring to mind.................

[purple-eth]

The Scientist by Coldplay

Say Hello Wave Goodbye by David Gray

This Woman's Work by Kate Bush, because I always think of the scene in 'She's Having a Baby' where this song is used, and it makes me cry every time!

[weapon x]

coldplay-see you soon

frou frou-let go

the wannadies-love letter

check them out!!!

[PunkDixie]

All great songs that you've mentioned (except for the ones i dont know) mine has to be either It's been a while by Staind or possession by Sarah McClachlin not my usual sort of music but it makes me sad!!

[asciwhite]

Strange but true, mine remind me of family and mr asci.

Creep - Radiohead

Wishing on a Star - Rose Royce

Rather Go Blind - Etta James

Teenage Dirt Bag - Wheatus

Us and Them - Pink Floyd

and loads more and all of the above that brought back some great memories.

[goldenboy]

wires by athlete as well. when my son was born he was in a special care baby unit and the athlete had come out and the poster for it was by the hospital, so i bought the album to mark his birth. only later did i find out what wires was about. very poignant and still makes me weep a bit.

[Noddi_92]

Eva Cassidy- Fields of Gold or a couple of Jeff Buckley songs! Tear :( xx

[rosieo]

Can't take my eyes of you - Andy Williams. When my little girl was born, she was in SCBU in an incubator and we weren't aloud to hold her for ages but we could hold her little hand through the door of the incubator. My husband would sing to her - You're just to good to be true. Can't take my eyes of you. You feel like heaven to touch. I want to hold you so much. Even typing this has made me well up!!!!! :-)

[Lindylou]

Hi Andy! Asked this myself on 20th June 2005. My 'saddest' song that always makes me sniffle is 'Dancing with the Dead' by Sting. SO embarrassing sitting at the traffic lights dribbling tears......

[bonbon28]

Angels by Sarah McLauchlin

You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban

Dance With My Father by Luther Vandross

[ermadea]

Unintended by Muse.Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley. Dinner at eight. Rufus Wainwright.Hope there's someone. Antony&Johnsons. Holes, Suede. Arcade Fire,The crown of love. Babybird, Back together. Cast, Walkaway. James, Someones got it in for me.Maximo Park, Acrobat. Merz, Verity.Placebo, Crawl.The Waterboys, Where are you now when I need you. Thirteen Senses, Into the fire. ,,,,,,,,,,, Just when you feel you can't take anymore, these will send you over the edge, or if you just want a good cry,,,,,,happy listening. Ermadea

[TommyC]

What a wonderful question - THANK YOU so much, Andy... An amazing coincidence for me , because I was just about to post a very similar question myself, due to a sudden change in my own listening favourites..!! Yes... The all-time favourites change periodically, dependent on mood, the weather, the news, etc, but yesterday morning on Radio 2 for the first time in years I heard Gerry Rafferty's "Please Don't Speak of my Heart", and I was in tears for about half-an-hour afterwards (blame it on the mid-life crisis..!!). The emotion of the break-up, the breath-taking harmonies and the sweeping orchestrals on this song are utterly over-powering for me, and I think he's the most overlooked, under-rated and multi-skilled singer-songwriter this country has ever produced..!! I'm still listening to it right now back-to-back on the Radio 2 playback feature, and I'll be buying the album next week...Awesome stuff..!!